The Radial Artery Patency and Clinical Outcomes Trial: Design, Intermediate Term Results and Future Direction

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Hayward, Philip A R ^a,b   Buxton, Brian F ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Patency; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY PATENCY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THORACIC ARTERIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 79952394867     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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